The NFL = American League of Professional Football Super Bowl will take place on the 8th of Japan time.
The Buccaneers, who are aiming for the first local victory in history, and the Chiefs, who are aiming for the second consecutive victory, are facing each other, and attention is focused on the confrontation between the quarterbacks representing the NFL.
The NFL's champion of the season, the Super Bowl, is America's largest sporting event, taking place on the 7th and 8th Japan time in Tampa, Florida, home of the Buccaneers.
This year's Super Bowl will be a match between the Buccaneers aiming for a second victory and the Chiefs aiming for a second straight victory, and if the Buccaneers win, it will be the first local victory in history.
Attention is the quarterback of the team's command tower, the Buccaneers are 43-year-old Tom Brady who has won the most 6 Super Bowls in history, and the chiefs are 25 years old who won the MVP = best player in last year's Super Bowl. With Patrick Mahomes of the two, the performance of the two is expected to determine the outcome of the game.
This time, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the number of spectators was limited to 25,000, which is one-third of the stadium's capacity of 75,000, which is the smallest in Super Bowl history, but since the infection spread. , The largest sporting event in the United States.
Of the spectators, 7,500 were invited free of charge by medical staff who had been vaccinated, and the spectators were given a medical mask called "N95" and a disinfectant solution to take thorough measures against infection. I will.
US's largest sporting event Super Bowl
Behind the fact that the Super Bowl is America's largest sporting event is a variety of indicators.
The Super Bowl is estimated to have over 40% viewership on television in the United States each year and reach 100 million viewers.
Therefore, the advertising fee for TV commercials is said to be "the highest in the world" at 5.5 million dollars in 30 seconds and about 580 million yen in Japanese yen, and the American FOX TV that broadcast last year's game is one super bowl game. Announced that its advertising revenue amounted to about 55 billion yen.
This year, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, regular companies in Super Bowl advertising such as "Budweiser" and "Coca-Cola" will stop broadcasting commercials and will use the advertising expenses for campaigns calling for vaccination.
In addition, it is difficult to obtain tickets for the Super Bowl every year, and the average price for the past 10 years is as high as about 410,000 yen in Japanese yen, but this is because the number of spectators is limited due to the influence of the new corona. There is also a particularly fierce competition.
The average price of this year's ticket is $ 6,200 as of the 5th, which is about 650,000 yen in Japanese yen, which is the highest level ever.
Both teams' quarterbacks are enthusiastic
The quarterbacks of both teams, who hold the key to the match, met online on the 1st and talked about their enthusiasm.
Buccaneers' 43-year-old Tom Brady is a star player who has won six times during the Patriots era and is called a "winning contractor", and even the Buccaneers who transferred this season suddenly led the team to the Super Bowl stage.
Brady, who will be the 10th Super Bowl player in history, said, "I'm happy to be able to challenge the champion at home. The chiefs are a very aggressive team and I think it's hard to stop even in our defense. Win. In order to do that, we need to be more aggressive in scoring points, "he said.
Meanwhile, Chiefs' 25-year-old Patrick Mahomes said he had signed a big contract with the Super Bowl MVP last season for a total of about 52 billion yen in 10 years, the highest amount in NFL history, before the start of this season. The media reported.
His father, Pat, was a pitcher who won a total of 42 wins in the major leagues and belonged to professional baseball team Yokohama in 1997 and 1998, and Mahomes also lived in Japan at that time.
Mahomes said, "This is because of Corona, I can relax at home until just before the match, and I have a lot of time to watch videos and study my opponent. Buccaneers' defense is a threat and blocks the run. I need to be careful because I am very strong, but I want to do my best to win the championship and enjoy each other with my teammates. "